Child&#39;s playhouse



May a, 1924.

M. A. Pool.

' CHILD'S PLAYHOUSE Filed April 30.

I Patented a -6, 1924. l I r I A is M warren 3mm: ear-EN I MARTIN arfo on, or MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. 1

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Application filed April 30, 1921. Serial no.46a9oa 7 '0 all whom it may cmwem:

Be it known that I, MARTIN A. PooL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Play houses, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention relates to a playhouse for small children and it is an object thereof to provide a playhouse which can readily be set up in a small space and which can quickly be taken apart and stored away in a small space. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a playhouse which maybe converted into a table. i

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a. part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective of the-device in assembled position,

Figure 2 a plan thereof,

Figure 3 a partial section on line 3-3 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 a up as a table.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a bottom member which is preferably of a circular conformation and which may be made of any convenient material such as heavy cardboard or wood or composition material of various kinds. Underneath this perspective of the device set circular member which serves as the floor of the playhouse I have provided supporting members here shown in the form of rollers 11 by which the device can be turned around and at the center is a pivot 12 around which the house may be turned and which also serves to support the center of the floor or bottom of the playhouse. This may also serve, if desired, to anchor the device to some extent as when it is placed on If desired a roller or'caster tuted for the pivot. It will be understood, of course, that any other appropriate arrangement of supporting substituted for the desired. 7

On the floor or bottom of the playhouse I place partitions comprising a pair of similar members 13 and 14 each of which is cut half-way through as indicated in Figure 3 so that they may be engagedwith each other partitions in the rooms in devices may bev arrangement shown, if

secting members thereof to form partitions, said members besisting of-kitchen 15, dining room 16, nurs cry 17, and bed room 18. The necessary furniture for the different rooms may be sold with the playhouse or the bottom piece and may be sold bythemselves leaving the furnitureto be supplied asdesired.

The walls preferably have printed on them or otherwise indicated, doors, paneling, plate racks, dishes on the plate racks and like ornamentation which may ,be varied to suit the taste of the designer. If desired the doors may be so mounted that they can be opened and closed. I 1

The bottom member 10 willpreferalbly be i from 24 to 36 inches in diameter and the entire device may be turnedby a child sitting on the floor so that he may play with objects succession or otherwise. Should it be desired to use the device as a table, the furniture can be removed and the member 10 be placed onthe top of the partitions as shown in Figure ,4. Small chairs then being placed about the device children can put their feet under it and use it as an ordinary table. I

Various modifications of the device will occur tothose skilled in the art. For example a separate circular member such as 10 may be provided for the table top in case the rollers should be found tointerfere with the use ofthe member as a table top. Should it not be desired to use the device as a table the partitions may be cut as semi-circular members and then be slit so that the upper edgeof the partitions will constitute a segdevice shown in the drawings and described a rug or carpet. may be substi-.

in the specification but only as indicated by the appended claims. p,

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a playhouse, a floor, a pair of interextending transversely ing'detachably connected to each other and resting loosely onthe floor member, substan- I tially as set forth.

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tachably connected partitions and a floor this 21st day of April, A. D. nineteen hunmember beneath them, said. floor member bedrecl and twenty-one.

mg also adapted to rest on top of thepart-i- 'tions and form a table, substantially as set V MARTIN A. POOL. 5 forth. 7 I Witnesses:

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set- FLORENE GAMBILL,

my hand and seal at Memphis, Tennessee, ALICE HALL. 

